Category: Gaming Events & Festivals

The tension is building, the excitement is ramping up, the tickets are selling out. Yes, Gamescom 2017 is now just a few days away, and Square Enix Collective™ is proud to announce it will once again be part of the global party.

Five forthcoming Square Enix Collective games will be boarding planes to Cologne later this month, including the much anticipated Unreal Engine powered multiplayer shooter Battalion 1944, which has been wowing gamers at events around the globe throughout the course of this year.… Read the rest

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced that top DJs Steve Aoki and Don Diablo will go head to head in Injustice 2.

Steve Aoki is a 2x Grammy Nominated DJ and Producer and Owner of Team Rogue. Don Diablo is a World Wide Top DJ and frequent collaborator with hit artists including Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, and Coldplay.… Read the rest

Visitors of gamescom and devcom are in for a special treat this year: Three of the most famous game designers will hold public keynotes. These keynotes are not only for visitors of the developer platform devcom, regular gamescom visitors can watch as well: All holders of visitor or trade visitor tickets may attend for free.… Read the rest

Taking place in Cologne, Germany, devcom is a five-day event at gamescom that focuses on videogame development, publishing, networking and community building.

WHO: Brad McQuaid, Co-Creator of EverQuest, Chief Creative Officer of Visionary Realms, Inc. David Reitman, Senior Vice President of Softtek and Non-Executive Director of Visionary Realms, Inc.

WHAT: McQuaid and Reitman will explore over two decades of videogame development, what has changed, lessons learned and what has come around full circle, in a session titled “The Evolution of Games Development and Why Hard Core Gamers Want A Subscription Game.”… Read the rest

Playism will be heading across the ocean to PAX West again this year!  And we are bringing along with us some of our most anticipated Japanese titles:

Break Arts II, 1bitHeart and La-Mulana 2

Playism at PAX West
Playism will be setting up at PAX West this year, featuring 1bitHeart, Break Arts II and La-Mulana 2.… Read the rest

Ventrilo, the premier group voice communication program used in tournaments and multiplayer games, will sponsor QuakeCon’s 10th annual ‘Ultimate Power Up’ sweepstakes. As part of the sweepstakes, 100 lucky QuakeCon attendees will be entered into a drawing for their chance to be one of three randomly selected winners to each receive a $10,000 cash prize.… Read the rest

Nine Romanian developers will present their products and services to the international gamedev community and will showcase over 10 games to the general public at Gamescom this year. In the entertainment area Romanian games will be showcased in hall 10.1 Aisle D No 061 and the Romanian business pavilion can be found in Hall 4.1, F-013.… Read the rest

Destiny 2 game director Luke Smith will deliver the opening “Storytime” keynote at PAX West 2017, taking place Sept. 1-4 in Seattle, WA.

Smith joined Bungie in 2007, two years after publishing a feature titled “Broken Halo: Five Ways Bungie Can Fix Halo 2” during his time as News Editor at 1UP.com… Read the rest

Modiphius Entertainment, award-winning publisher of the Star Trek Adventures, Achtung! Cthulhu, Mutant Chronicles, Conan, Infinity and John Carter of Mars roleplaying games, announces today the line-up of activities planned for the historic Gen Con 50 convention (August 17 – 20, Indianapolis), including the launch of the highly anticipated Star Trek Adventures: The Roleplaying Game, the first new Star Trek RPG to release in more than a decade.… Read the rest

UIG is proud to be part of this years GamesCom and to present an amazing line-up for 2017 and 2018. Some of the highlights in UIGs distribution catalogue are:

Airport Simulator 2018
Realms of Arkania – Star Trail
Realms of Arkania – Blade of Destiny (Console)
Professional Farmer – American Dream
Firefighters: Airport Firedepartment (Console)
Professional Construction Simulator (Console)

Further titles are in development already and will be shown exclusively in the business center at our booth B-017 / C-018 in hall 4.1.… Read the rest

The gamescom congress will be opened on the 23 August 2017 at 10:00 a.m. with many prominent political figures in attendance: before the political arena begins with top politicians from the CDU, SPD, Die Linke, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and FDP, the guests will be welcomed by Prof Dr Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Economy, Innovation, Digitalization, and Energy for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.… Read the rest

–       London Games Festival 2018 runs from 5 April to 15 April

–       Over 50,000 people flocked to the city-wide games celebration’s 40+ events in 2017

–       Games London’s wider programme continues to deliver for the capital with nearly £30m potential investment attracted to games businesses in London and across the UK

The London Games Festival will return in 2018, running from 5 April to 15 April, organiser Games London has announced.… Read the rest

Takeout, the second card game from indie studio Small Monsters Games, has been selected for Boston Festival of Indie Games’ Tabletop Showcase.

Takeout is a social set-building card game for 2-4 players. In Takeout, players are a group of young backpackers in a tiny noodle shop down an alley in China.… Read the rest